The Dr. Joseph Leidy House is a historic residence located at 1319
Locust Street
Locust Street is a major historic street in Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia. The street is the location of several prominent Philadelphia-based buildings, historic sights, and Tower block, high-rise residential locations. It ...
between S. 13th and S. Juniper Streets in the
Washington Square West
Washington Square West is a neighborhood Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Chestnut and South Streets, bordering on the Independence Mall tourist ar ...
neighborhood of
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. It was built in 1893 and 1894 and was designed in the
Georgian style
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[, p.79] by architect
Wilson Eyre
Wilson Eyre, Jr. (October 30, 1858 – October 23, 1944) was an American architect, teacher and writer who practiced in the Philadelphia area. He is known for his deliberately informal and welcoming country houses, and for being an innovator in ...
to be the home of Joseph Leidy, Jr., the nephew of
Joseph Leidy (1823–1891), a noted American
paleontologist
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. The house is next door to the
Clarence B. Moore House
The Clarence B. Moore House is a historic home located at 1321 Locust Street at the corner of S. Juniper Street between S. 13th and S. Broad Streets in the Washington Square West section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Moore house was built i ...
, which was designed by Eyre in 1890.
From 1925 to 1979, the Leidy House served as the clubhouse of the now-defunct
Poor Richard Club
The Poor Richard Club was a private club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose members were mostly members of the advertising industry. The club bestowed an annual Gold Medal of Achievement to numerous celebrities, including several US Presidents.
...
, whose members worked in advertising,
[ ''Note:'' This includes ] and with the Moore House next door, was part of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism.
[Historical marker on building] Currently, it is the headquarters of District 1199C, the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees.
The house was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
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Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia
Houses completed in 1893
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Locust Street
Washington Square West, Philadelphia